Premachandran at Paravur on Sunday evening and some Congress workers suffered injuries in the scuffle that followed. Reportedly, the CPI(M) and CITU workers were against the reception and tried to stop the meeting leading to tension between the two groups. Poothakulam mandalam secretary Radhakrishnan, 52, who suffered head injuries in the attack, was admitted to the Parippally Medical College Hospital and then shifted to the Medical College Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram. Kollam DCC condemned the attack and held a protest after the incident. All mandalam committees in the Kollam constituency will hold protest meetings on Monday, DCC president Bindu Krishna said.

Source: The Hindu June 02, 2019 15:11 UTC